Resource Exhaustion Affecting nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package, versions <1:16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-4176405
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2020

Introduced: 8 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-7788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:16/nodejs-devel to version 1:16.13.1-3.module+el8.5.0+13548+45d748af or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:5171.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs:16/nodejs-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

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